For many reasons, I’ve decided the time has come to discontinue the A Life in Libraries blog. Please continue to use, and support libraries, of all types. Thank you for spending time with me the last few years.

You will probably enjoy it, and be very good at it. But I have to tell you, there are some things you might not have thought of. So here are some tips from Jesse Lyn Stoner to help you start off on the right foot. Good luck!

Some things that many people say libraries/librarians “should” do may be hold-overs from an earlier time. Others may be things that work in one library/community, but not in another. So you don’t always need to listen when someone tells you “you’re doing it wrong.” You may not be.

If your team or organization is having productivity problems, perhaps the problem is one particular individual. Don’t ignore the problem, and don’t let it slide. It won’t get better without intervention.